In this Studio Technique article we make a beat influenced by the genre defining Dancemania Records. The raw Chicago house sound of Trax Records had a huge impact on dance music and the pitched up… Read More »Dance Mania Influenced Beat (with Legowelt’s DR660)
Dub Techno Tutorial I’m a big fan of artists like Echospace, Basic Channel, and DJ Pete. Dub production techniques in techno have seen a resurgence in the last ten years as the modern Berghain sound… Read More »Dub Techno Tutorial Ableton
Here we make a rolling techno bassline in Ableton (a.k.a. delay rumble). Its a low sub bass that pulsates with the bpm of the track used by artists like Klangkuenstler, SNTS, Sara Landry. It is… Read More »Rolling Techno Bassline Ableton
The techno cymbal is a staple of both modern and oldskool techno and everything in between, from the classic Dave Clarke’s Red Series to recent bangers from Fjaak you can hear a relentless techno ride.… Read More »Techno Ride Cymbal
Welcome to the Studio Brootle 909 Sample Pack. It features an overdriven Roland 909 drum kit with some added rumble subs – the reverbing ‘warehouse’ sub basses made from processing kick reverbs. I wanted to… Read More »Studio Brootle 909 Sample Pack
Introduction Valhalla Supermassive is a great VST, it’s a delay/echo and reverb unit combined with varying feedback methods and processing parameters making it capable of vast and intricate echoes and reverbs that swell into huge… Read More »Valhalla Supermassive Tutorial (with presets)